Faculty

BVSc &AH, MVSc, PhD

Title : Development of field level immunodiagnostics for Intestinal Schistososmosis (PI)

• Outlay :Rs 2,75,000/-
• Funding Agency: Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Kerala
• Duration : Two years

Title : Investigations on the role of dogs in the transmission of Brugian filariosis to humans and molecular epidemiology of filarial infections (Co PI)

• Outlay : Rs.7,04,000
• Funding Agency: Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. Government of Kerala
• Duration :Three years

Title : Molecular detection of haemoparasitic and haemorickettsial diseases of northern Kerala (Co PI)

• Outlay :Rs 98,000/-
• Funding Agency: Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Kerala
• Duration : Two years

Title : Role of anthelmintics in enhancing milk production in dairy cattle (Co PI)

• Outlay :Rs 1,98,000/-
• Funding Agency: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Government of Kerala
• Duration : Two years

Title : Evaluation of ethno-botanicals for ectoparasite control in domestic animals (Co PI)

• Outlay : Rs 3,30,000/-
• Funding Agency: Animal Husbandry Department. Government of Kerala
• Duration : Three years

Title : Development of molecular diagnostic kit for Schistosoma spindale infection in dairy cattle (PI)

• Total outlay: Rupees 5,00,000
• Funding Agency : Govt of Kerala State Plan project.
• Duration: 2013-14

Title : Development of Multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection of canine haemoparasites (PI)

• Total Outlay 8.00 Lakhs
• Funding Agency : Govt of Kerala State Plan project
• Duration : 2015-16.

Title Molecular detection of piroplasms and rickettsiales in goats of Kerala.(PI)

• Total Outlay 5.00 Lakhs
• Funding Agency : Govt of Kerala State Plan project
• Duration :2016-17
   

• VETERINARY SURGEON IN AHD (JAN, 2001 - JULY, 2005)
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (JULY, 2005 - SEPT, 2018)
• ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (SEPT, 2018- CONTINUING)
   

• KAU Merit Scholarship for B.V.Sc & A.H.
• Second rank holder for B.V.Sc & A.H.
• ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship for M.V.Sc.
• Gold medal & G. Ramanujari memorial Prize from TANUVAS for the best M.V.Sc Student in Parasitology.
• Gold medal & Rao sahib M.Ananta Narayan Rao memorial Prize from TANUVAS for the best M.V.Sc student in Parasitology.
• Dr. G. Nirmalan Trust Award, 2008 for the best research article published in 2007
• First rank and Gold medal for PhD from KVASU in 2015
• Second Best Oral Presentation award by Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology at the 25th National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology, 17th to 19th Feb 2016 at Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
• Best poster presentation (Second Prize) in National Seminar on “Role of Veterinary Profession in Sustainable Development to Improve livelihoods food security and safety”, 28th April,2018.
• Best Oral Presentation award in 10th Kerala Veterinary Science Congress, organized by Indian Veterinary Association ,at Kannur, 10-11th November,2018.
• Second Best Poster Presentation award by Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology at the 28th National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology, at College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Tirupati, 28th to 30th Jan 2019.
• Second Best Oral Presentation award by Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology at the 29th National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology, 5th to 7th Feb 2020 at College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur
• Second Best Poster Presentation award by Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology at the 29th National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology, 5th to 7th Feb 2020 at College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur
• Best Paper Award (First Prize) on Parasitic Zoonosis in the International webinar on “Human-Animal-Environment interface: Recent Approaches for Containing the Global Zoonotic Burden” 6th -8th July, 2020. Organised by Indian Veterinary Association at CVAS, Mannuthy, KVASU and AMST.

• Refresher course in “New insights in parasitic disease epidemiology and control” from 6-2-06 to 26- 2-06 at Veterinary College, Bangalore.
• Orientation training from 24.10.07 to 20.11.07 at Academic Staff College, Calicut University, Kerala.
• Training programme on “Winning Research Proposals in Agricultural Research “from 14.10.08 to 20.10.08 under NAIP at NAARM (National Academy of Agricultural Research Management), Hyderabad.
• Management Development programme on Academic Leadership for Excellence from August 24-26,2011 at Indian Institute of Management,Kozhikode.
• British council sponsored International Workshop “Companion Animal welfare :in clinical Training and Shelter Medicine” at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Mannuthy during February 18-22, 2013.
• In Silico genome and proteome Analysis” conducted by Department of Bioinformatics and ARIS cell at Madras Veterinary College,Chennai July 1-5,2013.
• Training in SPSS at Department of Statistics,College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,Mannuthy, September 6-7,2013.
• ICAR sponsored winter school on ‘Bioinformatics and its emerging dimensions in Agriculture’ during January 12th - February 1st, 2015 at Bioinformatics Center,IT-BT complex,KAU,Vellanikkara
• Hands on Training on “Basic Molecular Biology Techniques & Introduction to Bioinformatics” 17.07.2017-26.07.2017 at School of Applied Animal Production and Biotechnology, CVAS,Mannuthy.
• ICAR sponsored short course on “An update of molecular and advanced approaches for diagnosis of parasitic diseases in animals” 2-11th January,2019 at ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Bengaluru
• Training on “Introduction to Proteomics” an NPTEL-AICTE Faculty development programme for one week conducted by IIT, Mumbai (8 week online course: Aug-Oct,2019).
• One week Faculty Development Programme “ Statistical Analysis using SPSS” Conducted by Manomaniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu (Under MHRD, Govt of India), 5.8.20 to 11.8.2020 in Online mode
• Online training (11 days) on “Advance diagnostic Approaches: A preparation to combat new challenges of Veterinary Science. Organised by Nanaji Desmukh Veterinary University, Jabalpur. 19th -31st October,2020
• 11 day online training on “Advances in diagnosis and management of ailments in pet animals” , College of Veterinary Science and AH, Mhow from 25.01.2021 to 04.02.2021
• Four day online training “Climate smart dairying in the context of global warming”,CAADECS,KVASU &MANAGE,Hyderabad 4-7th May,2021
• One week Faculty development programme on “Best Practices for Online Teaching: Classrooms, Courseware and Tools” organized by Kerala State Higher Education Council from 8th to 14th July, 2021.